New and Upcoming Courses
The Contact and Connection Course
15-week online course to cultivate better quality, true, authentic contact and connection without resorting to devices or techniques which harm the horse.
When you know HOW to address the cause, you end the endless fixing.
You can DEPEND on the consistent steady contact that allows you to do better quality work, allows your aids to go "through" more consistently, and allows you to progress up the levels.
You and your horse can ENJOY a better relationship because this is no longer a cause of frustration and annoyance for EITHER of you.
This 10-module course addresses the horse and the rider. It includes theory lessons, ridden exercises with demo videos, rider imagery lessons, Feldenkrais lessons and yoga lessons.
THE PACKAGE is supported by
- 8 live Q&A Sessions
- Facebook Community
- PLUS all the bonuses!
OPTION TO ADD ON 6 Hot Seat sessions for additional support and guidance.
You will get LIFETIME access to the course materials. All live sessions are recorded.
The Half Halt Explained
Learn how to use the half halt with the finesse and tact of a Classical Dressage Master without the frustration, feeling incapable, or years of trial and error (and time-wasting detours).
This is a 10-module course focussed entirely on the half-halt.
It may come as a relief that instead of repeatedly shouting half-halt at you with the hope it will make a difference....
this course contains straightforward explanations that consider both horse and rider biomechanics, clear video demonstrations, and the tools and support to help you progressively develop your skills, feel, timing, and refine your technique.
The course will address:
#1- The Function of the Half Halt
#2- The Ingredients and Components of the Half-Halt
#3- Applying the Half Halt
#4- The Correct Timing of the Half Halt
#5- The Half-Halt Goldilocks Zone
#6- Gathering Feedback to Assess Results
#7- Feeling the Rhythm of the Half Halt
#8- Navigating the Half Halt with Finesse
#9- Common Mistakes of the Half-Halt
#10- Rider Influence and Alignment
AND as this is a BETA course it is available at a special price!
The Ritterize Membership
The Ritterize Membership
(previously EOTM)
Infuse your Training with Ritterize - your monthly infusion of Ritter Learning. Click on the button to learn more.
April 2024:
Connection
Connection
This month's theme is contact. We’re going to be exploring contact not just in the physical sense but also in the emotional sense. Together we will consider, improve and experiment with both WHAT we and HOW we feel.
We will take this topic a step further in our ‘wine with friends’ meeting where we will consider the interrelationship between emotional and physical connection.
Our hands play a huge role in our interactions with our horses. You are going to love this month’s Feldenkrais lesson called “Breathing Hands”. This gentle lesson from Charlotte Zetterberg will help you get curious about the way you use your hands in connection with your horse.
The featured exercise this month is called “Circle/ Square” . The transitions between the round and angular lines in this exercise are great for connecting the inside and outside aids. The overall impact on the horse is one of creating roundness and softness.
This exercise is paired with this month’s Masterclass training - How do I get my horse over the back and into the outside rein? A common question which Thomas will answer with an uncommon level of detail. There isn’t a quick answer to this question, and the solution comes from understanding where the problem originates.
At the end of the month, during our Hot Seats Session, we will review several members’ videos of themselves riding the “Circle/ Square” exercise for this month and give feedback. (When you ride the exercise do try to make the distinction between both lines visible.) Whether we review your video or you are just watching, you are sure to come away with some tips that will help you in your riding.
We hope you enjoy the curious month we have in store for you considering your contact and connections with your horse! I can’t wait!
Self-Study Courses
A Course About Straightness with Ritter Dressage
Achieve Straightness as a horse-rider unit and see the benefits in everything you do in your riding!
The Straightness Course is THE course to answer all your crookedness woes!
This is a course about achieving Straightness as a horse-rider unit. This is THE course to learn the fundamental biomechanics of straightness (and its opposite, crookedness) and how it impacts everything else you do in your riding.
The Introduction to Work in Hand Course
✔ Improve your relationship with your horse
✔ Easily teach new movements to your horse
✔ Improve your horse's balance, suppleness, coordination and body-awareness
"Hands-down” the very best way to introduce your horse to the work in hand.
Learn how to do simple transitions and exercises with your horse with coordination, communication, and confidence.
Get lifetime, fully downloadable access to the training,
The Better Dressage Through Straightness Challenge Recordings
You will get...
✔️ Recordings of all the Challenge trainings and Q&As
✔️ PDF copies of the slides and horse exercises
✔️ All recordings downloadable
✔️ Lifetime access
So that you can...
✅ UNDERSTAND the problem with crookedness, and the attributes of straightness and balance
✅ learn an exercise you can use with your horse to identify your horse's stiff and hollow side
✅ UNDERSTAND how the rider can contribute to the horse's crookedness
✅ learn an exercise you can use to diagnose your own crookedness
✅ UNDERSTAND how dressage training can be used to straighten the horse
✅ learn an exercise you can use to help straighten your horse
✅ UNDERSTAND the basis of a Straightness based method of training. Training that is better for your horse's health and better for your dressage.
All of this for only €27.
The Canter Blueprint Training
Learn more about the biomechanics of the canter and create a targeted training plan for your horse.
This training is all about the canter and the pre-requisites for a quality canter.
It will help you understand:-
✔ the training principles on which the canter is built
✔ identify the KEY areas your horse needs to improve
So you can prioritize your training work and plan HOW you will approach your training from here on out so that you can HELP your horse to canter at his best.
Get lifetime, fully downloadable access to the training, plus the recordings from the Q&As we held each day for VIP members.
All of this for only €37.
The Path to Simple and Flying Changes Challenge Recordings
Learn how to train and develop your horse so that the changes become the most logical, easy thing to do.
You will get...
✔️All the recordings to the Challenge trainings and Q&As
✔️ PDF copies of the slides and horse exercises
✔️ All recordings downloadable
✔️ Lifetime access
The Challenge Proposition...
Anyone can train their horse to do simple and flying changes.
Anyone.
❌ That means you don’t have to be a professional trainer.✅ You just need to know the pathway.
Feldenkrais Courses for Riders
FeldenFit 4-Pack (BEST DEAL!):
***Scroll down the page to purchase FeldenFit 1-4 individually***
Purchase all 4 FeldenFit Programmes and get a discount!
4 x €97 = €388
Today's Price = €297 (other currencies available)
FeldenFit 1 is the original FeldenFit program with Catherine McCrum with 30 days of daily 7-15 minute lessons. Catherine uses her knowledge as a Feldenkrais teacher and blends this with her background in sport and fitness to make a flowing sequence of exercises that enhance co-ordination, agility, suppleness and effortless power.
FeldenFit2 is the follow-up program to the original FeldenFit program. Join us and Catherine McCrum for 30 more days of daily 7-15 minute lessons. Catherine uses her knowledge as a Feldenkrais teacher and blends this with her background in sport and fitness to make a flowing sequence of exercises that enhance co-ordination, agility, suppleness and effortless power.
FeldenFit 3 is a series of 30 lessons that specifically address how to take your riding to the next level. Lessons and imagery that improve your foundation and support from the ground up, movements that free your head, neck and eyes from long-held patterns of muscular contractions, experiencing how ribs that are springy and supple impact the independence of your legs and hip joints. Clarifying the wave like oscillations of the pelvis, spine and head that make riding the more dynamic gaits smooth beyond imagination. And finally 4 specific lessons to do in the saddle, or in the barn before you get on. This is truly the rider's series!
FeldenFit 4 - The Freedom Series! FeldenFit 4 is the newest addition to the program. Catherine McCrum has designed the fourth set of 30 days of daily @15 minute FeldenFit lessons specifically for riders to help you find your true essence and break free from restriction.
FeldenFit 1
The original FeldenFit program with Catherine McCrum with 30 days of daily 7-15 minute lessons. Catherine has created a flowing sequence of exercises that enhance co-ordination, agility, suppleness and effortless power.
FeldenFit 2
FeldenFit2 is the follow-up program to the original FeldenFit program. We take a deep dive into the key concepts that we introduced in our first programme and we added the requests of the course members.
FeldenFit 3
Riders will love these sessions that clarify support from the ground up. When your feet, ankles and lower legs are well-organised, you can access the potential for both mobility and stability in your centre.
FeldenFit 4
In the newest FeldenFit program, we introduce you to the theme of finding the length through the spine, finding a direction of support downwards through the legs with free hip joints, and width through the chest.
"How Can Feldenkrais Help Riders?"
A 7 day Free Challenge.
Together with Feldenkrais Practitioner, Catherine McCrum, we have put together a set of off-the-horse lessons that you can use to improve your coordination, balance, suppleness, and feel. In this challenge, you will do one Feldenkrais lesson per day. These lessons are pre-recorded so regardless of timezone or location in the world, you can do it on YOUR schedule and terms. Then, once you have completed the lesson, meet us in the Facebook group for a discussion about the lesson.
The Aware Rider Program
Parts 1 and 2. Feldenkrais with Catherine McCrum, fused with Dressage with Shana and Thomas Ritter.
What is the Aware Rider Exploration About?
How can we improve how we move ultimately with the aim of having a better relationship with our horses: One in which we can listen to ourselves as well as listen to them in such a way that they hear what we're saying. This is a conversation about the conversation we have with our horses.
